ducal

adj

ducal

adj

UK /djuːkəl/

Etymology Middle French ducal, from Latin ducālis.

1

Of or pertaining to a duke, a duchess, or the duchy or dukedom they hold.

Ahead of the king’s coming, the Duke of Norfolk will arrive to guarantee order [...] and he will not come with an army, but only his ducal train.2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 409:

Derived terms: ducally, grand ducal, unducal
Related terms: duchess, duchy, duke, baronial, comital, kingly, margravial, noble, princely, regal, royal, vicontiel, viscomital

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